Most people are still wary of AI-generated content, many are still unsure when they’ll see it and want to know when it’s shown to them.
TechRadar Pro surveyed 1,000 people on AI-produced content to see how often they were exposed to it and how they felt about it.
More than half of our respondents say they want AI-written content – such as news, reviews, and features – to be clearly labeled as such, and when asked how often they view content created by them. Production AI, a third said they’re ‘not sure.
Exposure and transparency
Another third say they are exposed to such content on a daily basis, and a fifth encounter it on a monthly basis. Only 8.7% say they haven’t watched AI-produced content recently.
When considering what constitutes AI-produced content, most feel it must be the work of artificial intelligence entirely or to a large extent (43.1% and 47.4 respectively). %). Only 9.5% think it only needs minimal input from the AI.
Given the amount of content people are exposed to is generated by AI, it’s not surprising that they want to endorse it, especially since popular AI tools, such as ChatGPT, have the ability to write content. content in a variety of styles that are indistinguishable from the generated content. by humans.
Furthermore, AI has been known to get things wrong. This is another reason why people want to know when the content they read was created by AI. Their rating and confidence in that content will vary depending on that fact, just as people naturally judge the validity of a piece of content based on the source of that content and the content being reviewed. written by whom.
Popular tech site CNET recently started testing an AI tool to write certain articles on its website, sparking outrage because it doesn’t reveal the exact facts in a transparent way. . Also, articles written by it contains some pretty basic errors.
The popular ChatGPT chatbot couldn’t be better when it comes to actual accuracy. Its fumbling times so far include misinterpreting basic geographic facts (opens in a new tab)and gave coding advice so wrong that it was banned outright stack overflow.
Among other opinions regarding AI content, one in five respondents said they are fine with it and don’t care if its creator is known and only 7.5% think that the content is superior to the writer and should be encouraged. On the other hand, 17% oppose it, saying that auto-generated content should be banned because they feel it exceeds the acceptable limit.
